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§1 Plant — species · Salicaceae

Salix nivalis Hook.

vernacular snow willow


USDA
SANI8
GBIF
5372953
Rank
species
snow willow (Salix nivalis)
Platephotograph · Bryant OlsenCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Salicaceae Mirb.
Genus
Salix
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 7 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SANI8 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5372953 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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